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Hawaii Day 4! Kualoa Ranch, Treats, and Aulani!

Day 4 of vay-cay starts out like the previous days. Running through lovely Turtle Bay. I went out solo that morning and took twice as long because I was so distracted looking at everything and following paths that led me way way far away:). I have no sense of direction. It was ridiculous, but at least it was beautiful.

The ocean was gorgeous! I am not a fan of running on sand trails but I made an exception on this fine morning.

Oh, I just love this site!

So after running on sand for way too long, I finally turned around and decided I had no idea where I was going and I saw this funny rock. Wait! The rock moved! OMG it’s a seal! Giddy, giddy, giddy, a seal! Oh it’s the little things that really amuse me:).

After I hauled my sweaty mess back to the room, I showered, packed up for a venue change and we headed out on our next adventure. Hello Kualoa Ranch!!

I stumbled across this place on a travel site and as soon as my baby girl saw that Jurassic Park was filmed here, she just had to go.

Here we are on a bus, going to tour the movie sites!

Ah, the famous piece of wood that Dr. Grant and the two kids hide behind when the T-Rex attacks the gallimimus.

Ok, now if Val and I were in Jurassic Park together, I’m sure this picture is how our story would go…minus the smiles. I would have twisted my ankle running away and she would of had to carry me.

Or maybe she would have just said “sorry mom” and taken off without me:).

We drove past a bunch of spots where movies scenes were filmed. It was pretty cool.

A fun little surprise for my girly was getting to see props from one of her favorite movies, Journey 2. We went inside a WWII bunker and they had lots of movie props just hanging out in there.

On our way back we had a great view of the China Man’s Hat.

We had another excursion booked at Kualoa Ranch the day. A little trip to their “Secret Beach”. We boarded another bus that took us to a boat, that took us to the beach.

The beach had a bunch of fun equipment to use and a glass bottom boat. I had never been on a glass bottom boat, so we hopped on. We saw a few turtles, but really not as much sea life as I thought we would. My suggestion would be to skip the boat and grab a snorkel if you want to see fish.

What do you think of my sparkly sunglasses?? $5 at the Aloha Swap Meet!

Time to play!! I can’t believe I didn’t take any pics of us paddle boarding, kayaking, or snorkeling! Well, I guess we were in the water and taking my phone on the paddle board would have been a bad plan.

I love paddle boarding! I tried it in Mexico a couple years ago and it’s so fun. You must give it a try if ever get the chance.

Chickie loves snorkeling and all water activities. I think she’s part mermaid.

After we had lots of fun in the sun we headed out in search of food and of course shave ice. I saw this little place called Sweet Fanatic and was so excited. I thought it was going to be a candy shop! It turns out that it was more of an Asian casino:). I thought that there were arcade games in the store, but realized only adults were playing them. I guess you can play and shoot target and win money, or lose money, probably mostly lose money:).

One thought on “Hawaii Day 4! Kualoa Ranch, Treats, and Aulani!”

If we were being chased by dinosaurs, i’d like to think I would be like Dr. Grant and save you from raptors. But the more likely outcome would be me getting eaten and Valerie would be the paleontolgist heroine.